An eight-year-old schoolgirl, who dislocated a knee when she fell in a Dun Laoghaire cinema, has been awarded €40,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court for personal injuries. An eight-year-old schoolgirl, who dislocated a knee when she fell in a Dun Laoghaire cinema, has been awarded €40,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court for personal injuries. Barrister Siobhan Gaffney told the court that Tori McDermott Ellis had tripped on an uneven floor surface in the IMC Cinema at the Bloomfield Shopping Centre, Dun Laoghaire, on October 2 2016. Ms Gaffney, who appeared with Murphys Solicitors, said Tori, who is now aged 12, had struck her left knee against a cup holder on a cinema seat and was unable to get up afterwards. Ms Gaffney said that while liability had not been formally admitted the €40,000 settlement had been agreed in talks prior to today’s court application.

Source: Irish Independent January 15, 2020 13:18 UTC